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This is essentially the question asked and answered by Hans Rosling at a recent TED lecture. For those that don’t know him, Rosling is something of a superstar at the intersection of public health research and data visualization. Rosling’s recent work focuses on dispelling the misconception that there is a binary distinction between the developed [...]
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Fascinating infographic by the NY Times that essentially breaks down how Americans over the age of 15 spend every minute of every day. This is both impressive and informative. Who might be interested in this data? Social scientists, marketers, strategists, advertisers–you name it. I can see dozens of applications for this data. Via Fast Company.
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Fiction
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)
Non-fiction
The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball
Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value
The Numbers Game
Codes of the Underworld: How Criminals Communicate
Proofiness: The Dark Arts of Mathematical Deception
The Rational Optimist
The Quiet American
How Doctors Think
The Wisdom of Whores
Switch
Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and Assured an Allied Victory
